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Yarra Park

Melbourne

Home of the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria, home of the MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground) photograph (c) Ali Kayn
Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria, home of the MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground) photograph (c) Ali Kayn

Olympic Promenade, Yarra Park, Melbourne, Australia photograph (c) Ali Kayn 2005
Yarra Park is best known as a venue for sporting events - and as a car park (for the Melbourne Cricket Ground).


Sports Museum, Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Jolimont

Just the Facts:

Yarra Park
Attractions include the Australian Gallery of Sport and Olympic Museum, the Long Room, the Melbourne Cricket Club Museum and Library; the Great Southern Stand, the Pictorial walkways, the Aussie Rules Football Exhibition, and the Cricket Hall of Fame.

National Sports Museum (previously) Australian Gallery of Sport and Olympic Museum

The MCG Great Southern Stand tour departs Wednesdays at 11 a.m. from the Gallery of Sport foyer and includes entry to Australian Gallery of sport & Olympic Museum, one-hour guided tour of members pavilion on non-event days (10 a.m. - 3 p.m), tourist viewing of the MCG on event days.

MCG tours depart hourly 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. seven days a week.

The Australian Gallery of Sport and Olympic Museum are open daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. except Good Friday and Christmas Day.

Ph: (03) 9657 8879 Fax: (03) 9654 1387

website www.mcg.org.au

Getting there:Public transport: Tram from Flinders St, or train to Jolimont railway station